Prime minister Manmohan Singh is set to give a six-month extension to cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar. Insiders say that Singh wants to bring Rahul Khullar to the exalted position, but there are three officials much senior to the commerce secre
The central information commission today directed the CBI to make public information related to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia in the ongoing spectrum allocation scam investigations, overruling the agency`s argument that the disclosure would affec
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is making fast progress with the rollout of the uniform national payment card and launched the first such card with a regional rural bank today in Varanasi. "We have launched th
To upgrade the school curriculum in order to meet the needs of industry, the HRD ministry will soon launch the National Vocational Qualification Framework in collaboration with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The programme
The Delhi high court has disposed of a petition that demanded implementation of the tariff order passed by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) last year. Commission chairman Berjinder Singh had ordered to slash the rates not
The West Bengal government today asked authorities to prepare a file on Singur, just days after chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the 400 acre land acquired from the farmers there for the abandoned Tata Motors` project would be returned.
Just a day after prime minister Manmohan Singh celebrated two years of the UPA II rule, the Bharatiya Janata Party has accused him of direct culpability in the "loot" in a Rs 85,000 crore coal `scam`, as he held the portfolio between 200
Haryana has recorded the second highest wheat arrival of over 68.06 lakh metric tonnes in the ongoing wheat procurement season, while wheat crop is still arriving in grain markets, though in small quantity. The highest wheat arrival
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday called for a Common Economic Zone and a Common Economic Development Policy for the National Capital Region to develop NCR and reduce the burden on the capital itself. Dikshit was speaking at a two-day
Karnataka government would set up two multi-skill development centres at a total cost of Rs 72 crore in the district headquarters town of Gulbarga and here, labour and sericulture minister B N Bache Gowda said today. Speaking to rep
The intelligence agencies had absolved Mohammad Niyaz, an Indian arrested in France on May 10, of any terrorist links, but Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday asserted that he had "radical inclination" from an early age and associated
A Delhi court today took congnisance of the CBI chargesheet filed against sacked CWG OC chief Suresh Kalmadi and others for their alleged role in the irregular award of a contract to a Swiss firm for installation of timing-scoring-result system fo
The Congress on Monday lauded its own government at the centre, saying UPA II had performed "exceedingly well." Briefing mediapersons on the completion of the second year of the government`s tenure, party spokesperson Manish Tiwari e
After the technology guru Sam Pitroda urged the chief ministers as well as industrialists to set up innovation councils in the country, a UK-based industrialist of Indian origin, Paresh Parekh promised to help set up one such council in Vadodara.
The low supply of cashew kernel in Goa this year, owing to unseasonal rains and heat has increased their prices, finally benefitting the cashew growers in the state. Cashews are being sold at Rs 82 per kg, as against the price of Rs
The final choice is now in the hands of Goa`s parents on selection of medium of instructions for their wards in the primary schools. Union Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has conveyed the decision to chief minister Digambar Kamat.
For the fifth consecutive year, Delhi remained number one in the government school category in the country in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 results. As the CBSE results
The United Democratic Fund (UDF) ministry in Kerala headed by Oommen Chandy was today expanded with the induction of 13 more ministers -- nine from Congress, three from Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and one from Kerala Congress (M).
Shanti Bhushan, co-chairperson of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal bill, has countered the scepticism on the committee’s functioning raised by the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) - a campaign that has
After a two-day break, the Orissa government on Monday resumed the land acquisition process for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco mega steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district. "Land acquisition, which remained suspended on Saturday and yesterday, resumed pe
